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Thanks I will look into this article then. &nbsp;Is there a particular reason why? &nbsp;Does WSUS not play well with other apps installed/
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Thanks I will look into this article then.  Is there a particular reason why?  Does WSUS not play well with other apps installed/

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As you will be using virtualisation, it's safer to have a standlone WSUS server, with no additional services from other apps.
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As you will be using virtualisation, it's safer to have a standlone WSUS server, with no additional services from other apps.

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Guys,<br />
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I just built a virtual machine consisting of windows Server 2012 Standard 64 bit. I have Veeam installed on this server. &nbsp;I also just moved Manage Engine Netflow Analyzer 9.6 to it.<br />
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Basically I have decided that this is going to be my Utility server. &nbsp;I am going to move Manage Engine Application Manager next, and then I would like to move Symantec Endpoint protection 12.1, and finally move WSUS. (WSUS is running on sever 2003 so I am guessing this is going to be difficult)<br />
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Do you think all of these applications can co exists on Server 2012? &nbsp;I don't have a ton of experience with it yet?<br />
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Also, how would I move WSUS from 2003 to 2012, and if it's possible? &nbsp;If not how would you approach this?<br />
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Thanks!
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Guys,

I just built a virtual machine consisting of windows Server 2012 Standard 64 bit. I have Veeam installed on this server.  I also just moved Manage Engine Netflow Analyzer 9.6 to it.

Basically I have decided that this is going to be my Utility server.  I am going to move Manage Engine Application Manager next, and then I would like to move Symantec Endpoint protection 12.1, and finally move WSUS. (WSUS is running on sever 2003 so I am guessing this is going to be difficult)

Do you think all of these applications can co exists on Server 2012?  I don't have a ton of experience with it yet?

Also, how would I move WSUS from 2003 to 2012, and if it's possible?  If not how would you approach this?

Thanks!

Windows Server 2012 and moving Applications to it

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Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.